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Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- jeaker@liberty.edu
Jason Eaker has served as an assistant coach at Liberty for the past four seasons, helping the Flames to 72 wins during the span.
“Jason brings great experience to our program,” commented Layer. “He possesses passion for the game and he gets productivity out of our players. Jason is responsible for most of the players we have in our program and it was terrific working with him in the past, as he helps with every facet of the program.”
Eaker first joined the Liberty men’s basketball program for the 2005-06 season as the director of basketball operations, a position he held for two seasons. When former head coach Ritchie McKay took over the program in March 2007, he hired both Layer and Eaker as assistant coaches. The appointment was Eaker’s first full-time coaching position at the collegiate level. Eaker served as a graduate assistant on Oklahoma’s 2005 Big XII regular-season championship team’s coaching staff.
“I feel very privileged to have been given this opportunity to continue as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator here at Liberty under Coach Layer’s leadership,” said Eaker. “Coach Layer instantly became a mentor to me after Coach McKay hired the both of us two years ago. Coach Layer has great experience in his coaching career, and couple that with his familiarity with Liberty and his most recent experience in the BIG EAST at Marquette, Liberty hit a home run in hiring him. Having recruited most of our players and coached all of them over the last four years, we have won more games each season I have been here and next year, my expectation will be the same.”
Eaker is 2004 graduate of Texas-Pan American, earning his bachelors’ degree in history. Prior to graduating from Texas-Pan American, Eaker was a two-year starter at Hardin Simmons, a Baptist-affiliated college in Abilene, Texas, where he was an American Southwest All-Conference selection in 2002 and a two-time honoree on the ASC All-Academic team. Eaker started his collegiate career at Oklahoma Baptist in Shawnee, Okla., where he was a letterwinner in 2000.
Eaker is a native of Altus, Okla., graduating from Altus High School in 1999, where he is the third-leading scorer in school history.
Eaker married the former Meredith Hollyfield, currently an associate athletics director and senior women’s administrator at Liberty, on June 14, 2008, and the couple resides in Forest, Va.
The Eaker File
Year at Liberty: Seventh
High School: Altus, Altus, Okla.
College: Texas Pan-American, 2003-04
Hardin Simmons, 2001-03
Oklahoma Baptist, 1999-00
Education: Bachelor’s degree in history (Texas Pan-American, ‘04)
Coaching Experience:
2007 – Present (Fourth year) – Liberty – Assistant Coach
2005-07 – (Two years) – Liberty – Director of Basketball Operations
2004-05 – (One year) – Oklahoma – Graduate Assistant Coach
2003-04 – (One year) – Texas Pan-American – Video Coordinator
Hometown: Altus, Okla.
Wife: Meredith
